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At one point in my life, I wanted to be an archeologist. I thought it would be amazing to dig […]

In some ways, discipling Gen Z (those born anywhere from 1999-2015) is no different from any other generation preceding it. […]

In an article in the New Yorkermagazine, author Malcolm Gladwell writes that vicious dogs are often not inherently vicious, but are […]

When I was a kid, I was not motivated to learn how to ride a bike. It just wasn’t something […]

Church planting is relational because the gospel is relational. When Jesus commissioned the disciples to “go and make disciples,” it […]

Is it possible to have a thriving relationship with God even in the middle of a culture gone crazy? Absolutely! And […]

Ever heard a gospel presentation that went something like this: “We are sinners and our sin separates us from God. […]

By Larry Barker, Director of North American Church Planting Our family was living in Romania in 2000 and we had […]

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Spring Hunter is a woman who grew up in complete poverty, religiously adhered to a cult, suffered parental abandonment, became […]

It wasn’t until after my first year of college that I was truly saved.  You’re probably thinking, what does that […]

There are countless voices in our culture ringing through the air with definitions of what men should be like in […]

Every time I see that phrase tweeted or represented in a pretty meme of some kind, I want to yell, […]

All it took was an invitation. An invitation to go to the church around the corner.  My family had just […]

“Jesus died on a cross.”  We should not be able to utter that without an utterly overwhelming shudder of awe, […]